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"If you don't care, why should I?" Is this TOO tough?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 448199" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My daughter is a success story. After being on parole three times in high school and using drugs like meth and trying heroin, she was thrown out of the house. Once she was dragged to a psychiatric hospital in handcuffs after pulling a knife on herself. Now?</p><p></p><p>She is 27, back in school with a job which will turn full time after school if over, she owns her own house with her boyfriend of eight years (who is very nice) and she is into holistic healing. If anyone lights up a cigarette in her house, the person is escorted out the door. She is now a high achiever with a good moral compass. How did she do this? She DECIDED to do this. She did not go to rehab and, thus far, never went to counseling either. It is really their decision to quit. How they do it is up to them, but until/unless they are ready, they won't do it. Giving them comfort and money while they take drugs in my opinion certainly does not make them motivated to go through the hard business of quitting drugs. I believe strongly in tough love.</p><p></p><p>Go to Al-Anon or NarcAnon for support in real life. That really helped me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 448199, member: 1550"] My daughter is a success story. After being on parole three times in high school and using drugs like meth and trying heroin, she was thrown out of the house. Once she was dragged to a psychiatric hospital in handcuffs after pulling a knife on herself. Now? She is 27, back in school with a job which will turn full time after school if over, she owns her own house with her boyfriend of eight years (who is very nice) and she is into holistic healing. If anyone lights up a cigarette in her house, the person is escorted out the door. She is now a high achiever with a good moral compass. How did she do this? She DECIDED to do this. She did not go to rehab and, thus far, never went to counseling either. It is really their decision to quit. How they do it is up to them, but until/unless they are ready, they won't do it. Giving them comfort and money while they take drugs in my opinion certainly does not make them motivated to go through the hard business of quitting drugs. I believe strongly in tough love. Go to Al-Anon or NarcAnon for support in real life. That really helped me. [/QUOTE]
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